The October 06 Comics, Part 3 [Spoilers]

Green Lantern Corps 5, Ion 7, Irredeemable Ant-Man 1, Martian Manhunter 3, Ms.Marvel 8


Green Lantern Corps #5
Well, I'm giving this one another month or so. This issue had a nice focus on Soranik Natu, including her return to her homeworld--the one that hates Green Lanterns? (And apparently they're not unique in the universe in this respect.) The Guy Gardner section was also entertaining, and I'm glad to see that I wasn't the only one who thought it was probably a bad idea for him to take of his ring. Particularly since he's apparently got an on-call sort of job now.


Ion #7
An uneventful issue, with Kyle basically hanging out with various old friends, in flashbacks and otherwise. I still don't like the new costume much. Still not enjoying the art particularly. It's going into the home stretch now, though, an I'm looking forward to seeing the payoff, so I'll stick with it.


Irredeemable Ant-Man #1
A fun look into the lower levels o SHIELD, which apparently draws from the same worker pool as any number of Marvel villains in need of not-too-bright goons. Several cute bits, including Ant-Man asking a rescu-ee or a date. I can see this one potentially becoming a favorite.

Since my husband doesn't like DC and doesn't like Civil War, this was pretty much it for him to read this month.


Martian Manhunter #3
I've wanted to like this miniseries, and went in with positive expectations, but I've stopped adding it to my get list. It's just not holding my interest anymore. (Hopefully other comic bloggers will fill me in if there's anything I absolutely need to know here!)

Ms. Marvel #8
I guess I can add Carol to the list of virtually-unrecognizable characters of Civil War. Well, she's in better shape than Reed or Tony, but she, too, is going to need some serious fixing after CW is over.

All right. Carol is confident while she's in action, but subject to doubt after the heat of battle is over. Some folks have stressed Carol's military background and I think she does have a tendency to defer to authority in some situations. But the situation here--beating the crap out of Julia Carpenter right in front of her young daughter--has got to be something she never considered when she signed up for this duty. Unfortunately, I don't think her doubts are enough to set her thinking--she seems more to be looking for a way to assuage her own guilt (thinking that she could offer to pay for Julia's daughter's education) in this specific case than wondering how it could have come about in the first place.

Actually, I feel a little funny saying that CW has made certain characters unrecognizable, because I've certainly had the experience, as I'm sure we all have, of being surprised when an acquaintance I thought shared my opinion on an important issue in fact held the opposing view. It's not really safe to assume that everyone who holds one point of view shares all of the related views as well, and that shouldn't be any more the case in comics than in real life, but I think we expect more consistency from our fictional friends.